The Sanskrit term Yajñaśreṣṭhā can be transliterated into English as Yajnasrestha or Yajnashreshtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Yajñaśreṣṭhā (यज्ञश्रेष्ठा) is another name for Somavallī, a medicinal plant identified with Sarcostemma brevistigma (synonym of Sarcostemma acidum or leafless east-Indian vine) from the Apocynaceae or “dog-away” family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.98-99 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Yajñaśreṣṭhā and Somavallī, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Yajnashreshtha in India is the name of a plant defined with Sarcostemma acidum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asclepias acida Roxburgh (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Ethnobotany (2001)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Journal of Natural Products (2005)
· Contributions to the Botany of India (1834)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Yajnashreshtha, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Yajñaśreṣṭhā (यज्ञश्रेष्ठा).—the Soma plant.

Yajñaśreṣṭhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yajña and śreṣṭhā (श्रेष्ठा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yajñaśreṣṭha (यज्ञश्रेष्ठ).—[masculine] the best of sacrifices.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Yajñaśreṣṭha (यज्ञश्रेष्ठ):—[=yajña-śreṣṭha] [from yajña > yaj] m. the best of s°, [Kauśika-sūtra]

2) Yajñaśreṣṭhā (यज्ञश्रेष्ठा):—[=yajña-śreṣṭhā] [from yajña-śreṣṭha > yajña > yaj] f. Cocculus Cordifolius, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Yajnashreshtha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shreshtha, Yajna.

Full-text: Yajnavalli, Somavalli.

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